FSA communications director quits

The FSA has announced a new communcations director 18 months after it appointed Tony Blair’s former spin doctor to the role.

Tom Kelly, who was Blair’s official spokesman from 2001 to 2007, joined the FSA in May last year as communications director.

He is leaving the regulator at the end of this month to take up a role with Network Rail.

Kelly will be replaced by Department of Work and Pensions acting director of communications Zitah McMillan. Prior to her role at the DWP McMillan was marketing director and brand director at global communciations agency Publicis.

McMillan will take up her new role in January. Head of media relations Kirsty Clay will assume the role over December.

“She will join our senior management team at a time of considerable change, as the FSA continues to deliver its intensive supervisory approach and influence the international regulatory policy agenda, whilst meeting the challenges of designing the future regulatory structure.

“Her broad communications experience will bring considerable strength to the organisation as we take forward these priorities and those laid out in our business plan.”

Newsletter

Latest from Money Marketing

Technology provider Moneyhub will now use Intelliflo’s application programming interface for its advisers. Integration onto the API will allow for advisers to access real-time information of client’s managed pensions and investments. Advisers will also be able to link investments they manage and see clients’ spending and savings patterns. The Big Interview: Moneyhub chief executive on […]

The past few years have seen a rapid rise in the number of fund managers linking with risk profilers to launch new ranges. Determining risk is a central part of the advice process. But risk-profiling tools have been subject to criticism over the wildly different asset allocations they produce and their lack of consistency when […]

AJ Bell is expanding its passive range to target a higher expected return for investors with a new global growth fund. AJ Bell launched its first range of own-brand funds last year with five risk-targeted multi-asset passive funds. The platform and Sipp provider said it has launched the Passive Global Growth fund in response to […]

24th May 20182:34 pm

Comments

There are 15 comments at the moment, we would love to hear your opinion too.

I never saw this job advertised. Pehaps its because I do not read the Guardian or perhaps it was never advertised at all and its jobs for the boys again. its much like a merry go round, moving from one employer to another and back agian

Doesn’t this just explain some of the recent missives from Hector’s House? Now we know that Tony Blair’s spin doctor has been working his magic on their recent announcements, all begins to make a little more sense. Why bother letting the truth get in the way of anything when you can dress your message up to suit your purpose?

What is so very distressing is that no-one really sussed what an odious character Blair was until he was gone and a proper review of his time in office was possible. If ever a Prime Minister did more to ruin the country, you’d struggle to name him.

And so what of Hector et al? Time will surely again be the judge, but, like Blair, by that time he will probably be raking in the millons from ‘consultancy’ positions? Still, nice that he wants to ‘give something back in the twilight of his career’!

I also didn’t see the job advertisement-how was it communicated? I assume the criteria is for ‘one way communication?’ as an equal opportunities employer we are looking to employ someone who is profoundly deaf, who cannot lip read and with no hearing aid!

I could have sworn Labour lost the general election? So why does it take a year to get rid of their “will nots” and is one will not being replaced with another?
We don’t trust the FSA and government anymore and most of our clients don’t. In fact say most is statistically incorrect as it is nearer to NONE.
Qwangocracy rubisg… Libya is likely to have more freedom that we do in the UK now! (and they have more Oil)